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Full Game Divisional Round Fantasy Football Previews
| Matchup | Time |
|---|---|
| Bills @ Broncos | Saturday -- 4:30 p.m. ET |
| 49ers @ Seahawks | Saturday -- 8:00 p.m. ET |
| Texans @ Patriots | Sunday -- 3:00 p.m. ET |
| Rams @ Bears | Sunday -- 6:30 p.m. ET |
Colston Loveland
It was a slow burn working his way back from a shoulder injury and finding footing in the offense, but the wait was worth it.
Loveland has fully arrived.
He caught 8 of 15 targets for 137 yards with a two-point conversion against Green Bay.
Over his past three games, Loveland has had games of 8-137-0, 10-91-1, and 6-94-1.
He has double-digit targets in all of those games, receiving 32.6%, 44.8%, and 25.6% of the team’s targets.
The Bears have leaned into him as a full-time player.
Loveland led all pass catchers on Saturday with a route on 90.6% of the dropbacks, his fourth game in a row at 81% or higher.
He is playing everywhere, as well.
Loveland has played 56.8% of his snaps in-line, 21.8% in the slot, and 17.2% out wide.
In-line, he is averaging 5.65 yards per route run with a target on 61.3% of his routes.
In the slot, he is averaging 3.21 yards per route run with a target on 32.7% of his routes.
Out wide, he is at 1.28 yards per route run with a target on 17.5% of his routes.
We have talked about this with Brock Bowers and early-career Kyle Pitts, but we want our mismatch tight ends working attached tight and from the slot so they avoid running routes against better coverage players.
Ben Johnson did get him a quality opportunity outside last week for the two-point conversion, coming out heavy and shifting to get Loveland outside one-on-one versus a linebacker.
That’s what we want if he is going to be outside.
Just don’t throw him out there as a wide receiver.
I don’t believe the matchups matter a great deal for Loveland, given his usage rates (the Packers were excellent against tight ends coming into last week and good against Loveland in the previous two matchups).
That is the case again here, however.
The Rams are third in the league in allowing 5.9 yards per target to tight ends.
They have faced some good ones, too.
Trey McBride (7-65-0 and 5-58-0), George Kittle (9-84-1), Tyler Warren (5-70-0), Dallas Goedert (1-33-1), Juwan Johnson (3-33-1), Kyle Pitts (2-16-0), Dalton Schultz (3-28-0), and A.J. Barner (10-70-0 and 4-49-1) are on their resume this season.
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